This is the original version (as it was originally made).
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order excludes from the Chapter I prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 agreements between groceries chain suppliers and agreements between logistic service providers, intended to address the effects or likely effects of coronavirus on the supply of groceries to consumers in the United Kingdom. The Chapter I prohibition precludes agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings or concerted practices which may affect trade within the United Kingdom and which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the United Kingdom. Where there are exceptional and compelling reasons of public policy for doing so, the Secretary of State may exclude an agreement or an agreement of a particular description from the Chapter I prohibition.
Article 3 of the Order specifies the activities to which an agreement between groceries-chain suppliers must relate in order to qualify for an exclusion, and article 5 sets out other requirements which such an agreement must meet in order to qualify for exclusion.
Article 4 of the Order specifies the activities to which an agreement between logistics service providers must relate in order to qualify for an exclusion, and article 6 sets out other requirements which such an agreement must meet in order to qualify for exclusion.
Article 7 requires the Secretary of State to publish a notice if the Secretary of State considers that there is no longer a significant disruption or a threat of significant disruption to the supply of groceries to consumers in the United Kingdom as a result of coronavirus. The notice must specify the date on which the period during which the exclusions under this Order apply, is to end.
Articles 8 and 9 provide for agreements to be notified to the Secretary of State and for a register of the agreements to be compiled and published by the Secretary of State.
No impact assessment has been prepared for this Order.
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